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April 9, 2026
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Tulloch plea draws muted reaction

By Megh Duwadi | April 3, 2002

As the Hanover and Chelsea, Vt., communities continue to grapple with last year's vicious murders of Dartmouth professors Half and Susanne Zantop, the unexpected move by alleged killer Robert Tulloch to change his plea has been met with calm rather than shock. Tulloch's decision to abandon his insanity plea this Thursday will expedite a sense of closure to the tragedy, according to students, faculty and community members contacted by The Dartmouth. "I mentioned to a group of campus deans today that [Tulloch's expected plea] is a reminder to look around us to see how our friends and neighbors are doing and to continue to provide support for one another," Dean of the College James Larimore said. Larimore added that his colleagues' reactions were marked by general curiosity.

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COSO revises selections

By Sarah Betts | April 2, 2002

The Council on Student Organizations, responsible for the distribution of funds for many student activities, will soon restructure its member selection process in favor of a procedure proponents say will yield a more representative body. In the past, COSO selected its members through a process in which only current Council members voted to choose new participants.

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Intruder enters River dorm room

By Charles Gardner | April 2, 2002

Hanover Police and the Department of Safety and Security are investigating an incident in which an unidentified individual entered the unlocked dormitory room of a sleeping student and fled after waking her with a touch to the shoulder. The incident, which occurred in the River Cluster's Hinman Hall early Sunday morning, was reported to both the Hanover Police and Safety and Security shortly afterwards, according to College Proctor Bob McEwen. Safety and Security immediately canvassed the surrounding area, though officers were hampered by the absence of any description of the intruder, who left the dormitory room so quickly that the student was unable to provide any information. "We don't even know if the person was male or female," McEwen said.

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Admittance rate falls to 20 percent

By Charles Gardner | April 2, 2002

Acceptance letters to potential members of the Class of 2006 will be sent out tomorrow in a year that saw fewer students admitted despite an overall rise in the total number of applications. The overall acceptance rate declined to 20 percent from 22.8 percent a year ago, when a bumper crop of matriculating '05s overwhelmed the College's residential system. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenburg said this year's number of admittances, which fell to 2077 from 2220 a year ago, was reduced to alleviate the current housing shortage. Meanwhile, the number of non-white students admitted has risen to the highest levels in the history of the College. Students of color sent more applications than ever before and received 37 percent of acceptance letters, up from 34.5 percent in 2001 and 28 percent just four years ago. The percentage increase in minority applicants was "the biggest among all the Ivies," according to Furstenburg, "and that increase is pretty consistent across the board." Furstenburg attributed the increase in part to stepped up recruiting efforts by the College. "We did more campus visitation programs this year," he said, explaining that minority students who have an opportunity to see the campus first-hand are generally more likely to apply. The considerable increase in the total number of applications occurred despite fears that the events of Sept.

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Nachtwey '70 captures war, famine on film

By Layne Moffett | April 2, 2002

Instead of heading to the Middle East on a new assignment to cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, James Nachtwey '70 honored his commitment to his alma mater. A world-renowed war photojournalist and now a Dartmouth Montgomery Fellow, Nachtwey presided over a presentation yesterday of an Academy Award-nominated documentary about his life and work in Cook Auditorium. While the overflow crowd of students and community members may have been expecting a speech, they were not disappointed by the presentation; after answering questions posed by the audience, Nachtwey received a standing ovation. Subjects for Nachtwey's photography include war, famine, poverty and grief.

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Online scholars don't measure up

By Kristina Mendicino | April 2, 2002

Students enrolled in online courses performed significantly worse than their counterparts in traditional classroom-based courses, according to a Michigan State University study. The results come as no surprise to many Dartmouth professors, who are not yet willing to abandon the classroom. "There is no such thing as an online classroom that has the emotional component that a live classroom has," English Professor Thomas Luxon said.

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Officials warn Greeks about high-school students

By Matt Lewis | April 1, 2002

As Dartmouth social life awakens from winter hibernation, the Department of Safety and Security has warned all Greek house leaders of a possible influx of local high-school students attempting to enter fraternity and sorority parties. According to fraternity and sorority social chairpersons who attended the Risk Managers/Social Chairs meeting last week, Safety and Security acknowledged an increasing presence of high-school students on campus during Winter term. Officer Robert Young "mentioned that Hanover police had been reporting more incidents with high-school students, and they think it could be related to them coming to our events," said Lois Schonberger '03, social chair of Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority. Safety and Security Proctor Robert McEwen said he had no knowledge of an increase of high-school students at Greek parties, although Hanover High School students contacted by The Dartmouth said that they attend such functions. Officer Gregory Timmins, who was also present at this meeting, said that Young was simply advising the Greek leaders to be aware of a potentially greater presence of high-school students during Spring term. "We haven't noticed an increase, it's just a warning to the houses to keep an eye out," Timmins said.

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Williams is Truman Scholar

By Tracy Landers | April 1, 2002

A small-town girl from North Dakota and a published mathematician, Heidi Williams '03 was recently named a 2002 Truman Scholar for her work on improving young women's access to math and science education. The $30,000 award, offered to 64 out of 590 undergraduate candidates, will pay for part of Williams' graduate school program in mathematics. The Truman Scholarship is designed for students who want to pursue careers in government and nonprofit, and Williams fits the bill with her interest in education. As part of her current Presidential Scholarship independent-study program, Williams single-handedly organized a Sister-to-Sister Conference, which brought 110 middle school-age girls from eight local schools to the Rockefeller Center on March 8 to discuss educational inequality. "I feel like teaching will always be a big part of what I do.

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Greeks expect strong second-round rush class

By Lauren Gee | March 29, 2002

Coed, fraternity and sorority organizations are once again gearing up to recruit new additions to their houses as the Spring rush process makes its Dartmouth debut. Fraternity leaders anticipate 100 male rushees this Spring term, but Interfraternity Council President Sunil Bhagavath '03 admitted, "I don't know exactly what to expect and I'm sure some of the houses don't know exactly either." Panhellenic Council President Ann Chang '03, projected a much larger second-round recruitment class than in 2001.

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Sept. 11 memorial in works

By Nathaniel Ward | March 29, 2002

College administrators and students have begun planning a memorial to the 11 members of the Dartmouth community -- including eight College alumni -- killed in the Sept.

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ORL, Greeks create action plans

By Charles Gardner | March 29, 2002

After a term of planning and preparation, Greek leaders will soon meet with members of the Office of Residential Life to begin shaping their Student Life Initiative-inspired "action plans." The house-specific, student-created regulations will replace the existing system of Minimum Standards beginning next year. The action plans -- first described in a report of the Greek Life Steering Committee in June 2001 -- will be based on the Greek community's six guiding principles and will incorporate a number of recommendations outlined in January by Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman. After a term spent creating a basic template to assist groups in drafting their plans, representatives from coed, fraternity and sorority organizations will confer with ORL to review the past year's priorities and to establish future goals to be incorporated into the action plans. "It's a total learning process," Assistant Dean of Residential Life Cassie Barnhardt said.

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ORL readies door locks for fall

By Carl Burnett | March 29, 2002

Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman says he is "100 percent sure" the College's new electronic door-locking system will be on-line for this Fall term, although testing of the system may begin this summer. Implementation of the new system, which was originally scheduled for last fall, has been delayed several times and for a number of reasons. "Technically, we could've turned it on for Winter term, but we would've needed to work day and night to train people," Redman said.

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The Pavilion can't get kosher for Passover

By Carl Burnett | March 28, 2002

Due to the difficulty of following the strict rules needed to prepare kosher food for Passover, Dartmouth Dining Services has decided to close the kosher dining facility in The Pavilion throughout the week-long Jewish holiday. While The Pavilion will continue to provide halal meals during the next week, the three kosher kitchens closed yesterday and will remain closed until dinner on Sunday, April 7, since Passover ends Thursday evening and The Pavilion is closed on Fridays and Saturdays. The difficulty of serving food that is kosher for Passover is that each kitchen being used must be kashered, or made kosher, specifically for Passover -- a process that would involve purchasing new utensils and cookware, kosher kitchen manager Robert Lester said. Lester said that a salt shaker that had been used before Passover would have to be thrown away and a new one opened for Passover, and so on with the entire kitchen. Most facilities that serve kosher-for-Passover food maintain a separate kitchen specifically for that purpose, he added. Lester emphasized the importance of making absolutely sure that the kitchen complies in every way with Jewish law. "We don't want to 'oops,'" Lester said.

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